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This study redefines cultural competence in nursing education using a constructivist approach. It emphasizes critical reflection to reduce health disparities and enhance ethical practice for healthcare professionals.

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  • Nursing Education
  • Healthcare Ethics
  • Health Disparities

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  • Current nursing education often uses an essentialist view of culture.
  • There is a need to update the concept of cultural competence in nursing.
  • Existing literature on culture, cultural competence, and safety requires critical review.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a constructivist definition of cultural competence in nursing.
  • To integrate this definition within the unitary-transformative paradigm.
  • To connect competency-based education with nursing practice.

Main Methods:

  • Extensive critical literature review on culture, cultural competence, and cultural safety.
  • Analysis of concepts within the unitary-transformative nursing paradigm.
  • Synthesis of findings to formulate a new definition.

Main Results:

  • A proposed constructivist definition of cultural competence.
  • Integration of constructivism with the unitary-transformative paradigm in nursing.
  • Establishment of a link between competency-based education and nursing.

Conclusions:

  • A constructivist cultural competence fosters critical, reflective practice.
  • This approach aids in understanding nurses' role in reducing health inequalities.
  • It promotes ethical reflection on the social mandate of healthcare.